Migration experiences

Question 1

Who was Australia taking as workers during the gold rush?

Answer 1

• Chinese workers, mainly
• They were accused of stealing gold, and there were a lot of protests which led to the Chinese immigration act of 1861

Question 2

What was the White Australia Policy?

Answer 2

• AKA the Immigration Restriction Act of 1901
• It implied to not let anyone who they didn’t like into the country
• Through this act, dictation tests were placed, which were unfair for immigrants

Question 3

What was Populate or Perish?

Answer 3

• Coined by Immigrations minister Arthur Calwell after the second world war
• Implied Australia need to develop in population to avoid war
• 10-Pound Poms; scheme for British people which ultimately didn’t work as well as they wished

Question 4

Which immigrants did Australia assimilate?

Answer 4

• Immigrants from Greece, Croatia, Turkey, Italy and Malta were assimilated to the Australian way of life

Question 5

When was the Racial Discrimination Act created, under which government, and with what new term came with it?

Answer 5

• 1975
• Racial discrimination act to protect cultures and stopped using racial criteria to discriminating migrants
• Gough Whitlam Government
• Multiculturalism, Gough encouraged that

Question 6

What was the Tampa Crisis?

Answer 6

• 2001, A boat of 443 asylum seekers were originally refused entry to Australia
• The action taken on these asylum seekers were criticised internationally
• Pacific solution and offshore detention were created to limit